Business Stories from June 21, 2014 (Change date)
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Amazon's smartphone: Repeat or revolutionary?Jun 22, 2014 8:14 am - SEATTLE - There are two ways to view the smartphone Amazon introduced to the world on this week: It's either the latest in a long line of phones with fancy features many...
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Twitter to buy video-editing startup SnappyTV in media pushJun 21, 2014 6:33 pm - NEW YORK - Twitter is acquiring video-editing startup SnappyTV to become more useful to the television industry, as the microblogging service looks to expand its footpri...
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Demand, aging buildings spur campus housing boomJun 22, 2014 8:14 am - Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. - Universities across the nation are in the midst of a campus housing boom, replacing aging residence halls with gleaming facilities whose...
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Bacon preservative tested as feral hog poisonJun 22, 2014 8:14 am - NEW ORLEANS - A preservative used to cure bacon is being tested as poison for the nation's estimated 5 million feral hogs. Descendants of both escaped domestic pigs and ...
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Shire snubbing AbbVie makes it latest Pharma targetJun 22, 2014 8:14 am - Want to buy Shire Plc? Get in line. AbbVie Inc. earlier this week revealed a $46.5 billion takeover bid for Shire in the first public acquisition approach for the specia...
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Alstom board approves GE bid to buy power businessJun 22, 2014 8:14 am - PARIS - The board of Alstom SA has unanimously approved GE's $17 billion offer to buy the French company's power generation business, the companies announced Saturday. G...
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